CS: Demon King C, you said I was a genius?

Chapter 137 A phone call

"WTF? Are you kidding? The contestants are about to be submitted, and you said your sister is getting married?"

Outside the G2 training room, TAZ looked at the breath in front of him and asked in disbelief.

Following their defeat in the Copenhagen Major, they now desperately need to achieve results in a tournament to rebuild the team's confidence.

Although reaching the Major semi-finals is a satisfactory result for most teams.

But for a lineup like their G2, not winning the championship would be considered a failure.

As a result, the IEM Chengdu Station is approaching, and Huxi will miss the competition due to special reasons.

He spread his hands and said, "What can I do? I just found out about this."

"Originally, my sister was planning to get married in May, but something unexpected happened at home, so we had to move the wedding forward."

TAZ looked at the breath in front of him, stroked his big bald head, and said with some entanglement: "It's a bit too sudden. You can't let me play, right? I haven't played a game in years."

"And after you leave, who will take over as the team's commander? You can't let me take over, right?"

After taking a breath and thinking, he said, "Oh, we lack everything except a commander. Why don't you let Nexa take charge? If that doesn't work, you can also let Nikó take charge."

"Besides, you can play, after all, you're a Major champion, so it's no problem for you to come off the bench and help out."

After hearing the words about breathing, TAZ did not relax his frown. He had some idea of ​​his own level.

Although he has won the Major championship before, that was ten years ago. Given the intensity of the current competition, isn't it just asking for trouble for a 38-year-old man like him to compete?

He rubbed his big bald head with his hand again, looked at his breath and said, "Have you told Nikko about this?"

He shook his head and said helplessly, "Not yet. I just received a call from my sister, and then I met you."

TAZ nodded and said, "Then let's call Niko out and discuss it together."

In general teams, apart from the management above, the person with the most say in the team is the coach or commander.

For example, the person who speaks the most effective words in NAVI is coach Brad.

The one who speaks the most effectively to Faze is the eldest cousin.

As for G2, it is their star player Niko.

He breathed in a nod and called out to the training room, "Niko, come out and have a cigarette and relax."

Niko was playing with the children around him. After breathing and shouting, he instantly felt his urge to smoke coming on.

So he responded and walked out.

The three of them walked to the balcony and after smoking for a while, he told everyone that his sister was going to get married.

Niko's brows gradually furrowed, although he usually liked to laugh and joke with his teammates.

When the Major ended a few days ago, he adjusted his mentality very quickly, and he even took the initiative to comfort his teammates.

But that doesn't mean he doesn't have a competitive spirit.

He wants to win the championship more than anyone else.

I just don't want to put pressure on my teammates, so I bear it silently in my heart.

After listening to the breathing narration, he took another deep breath. As the smoke blew out of his nose, he looked at Taz and said, "Are you going to play? Then who will be the coach?"

"Um..." Taz was silent for a moment, then said, "The assistant coach can play."

Niko shook his head. This is nonsense!
When NAVI was short of people, Brad also played after warming up, but he turned out to be no different from a bot.

He put out the cigarette in his hand, lit a new one, and then said, "How about talking to the management about temporarily renting someone from another team?"

Taz's eyes lit up. "That's a good idea! If anyone doesn't have a team recently, I can ask them."

His breath caressed his beard as he considered, "How about letting 2K come? He's already a free agent, so without a contract, it would be convenient."

Niko was stunned for a moment. How could he think of 2K?

He subconsciously thought it was appropriate, but he always felt weird.

The memories of six years ago are still vivid in my mind, I dare not forget them!

After browsing through the players of various professional teams in his mind for a while, Niko's expression suddenly brightened: "I thought of someone!"

"Who is it?" Taz and Breathing asked curiously.

"Hey, guess what," Niko said, keeping the other person in suspense. "He just hasn't found a new team yet, and in terms of his personal ability and condition, he might even be better than me."

"Ah? Is there such a person?" Taz's brain was slow to react.

He seemed to have figured something out and said, "Could it be..."

Niko nodded. "There's no one more suitable than him. I'll call and ask. If possible, hurry up and submit an emergency replacement application to ESIC (Esports Integrity Commission)."

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“Don't leave me on my own”

As the music of "Promising Youth" sounded, Su Zhe, who was bragging to the audience during the live broadcast, was attracted by the ringing of his mobile phone.

He stared at the phone number of the foreign territory in stunned silence.

Are scam calls so cheap these days? Don't even bother getting a domestic number?

Just as he was about to turn off the phone screen, he suddenly hesitated and pressed the answer button.

"Hey?"

"Hello, Arrow! How are you doing lately? Oh! I'm Niko."

Tens of thousands of viewers in the live broadcast room watched Su Zhe's expression change from confusion to surprise, then from surprise to confusion, and finally to a raised corner of his mouth, their hearts filled with doubts.

[Where are the English speakers! What is God A saying? Translate it quickly!]

[Fuck, it's all "um" and "ah" interjections, what a translation]

[By the way, which team is Xiaozhe going to?! I've already bought my ticket for IEM Chengdu, so he won't be able to find a team, right?!]

[Huh? No way! RNM refund!]

[There really isn't a suitable team right now, and the top teams don't need to replace any players. Is Xiaozhe going to be a jailer again?]

[Goodbye! I'm exhausted enough from NIP, so if I really can't, let's go to LVG...]

While the comments were going on, Su Zhe hung up the phone with a look of joy on his face.

He looked at the comments in the live broadcast room and said with a smile: "Brothers, will you come to the offline competition in Chengdu? Remember to come and cheer me on then."

[Huh? You found the boss? Who is it?!]

[Hurry, hurry! Tell me what's going on!]

[Tianlu? LVG? Could it be Steel Helmets? These are the only three Chinese teams participating.]

Su Zhe looked at the comments in the live broadcast room, smiled, said "You will know when the time comes", and then chose to end the broadcast directly.

After the live broadcast, Su Zhe sat on the chair, stared at the computer wallpaper in front of him and let out a sigh.

"Finally, I don't have to worry about not having any competitions to play anymore. I was able to join G2 and participate in the IEM Chengdu Station."

"It's only temporary, but it's enough. It's better than being stuck at home streaming without a team..."

'After this competition, I'll see if there are other teams that are short of people. If not, a lower salary is fine. Anyway, I've made enough money recently...' Su Zhe thought of his experiences in recent days and couldn't help but feel a little funny.

At the beginning, he always thought things were too good to be true, and always felt that as long as he performed well in the game, there would be a lot of wealthy teams vying for him.

But when it comes to truly top-tier teams, there are only a few in the world.

The field of CSGO has never lacked talents, and people consider more than just the personal strength of the players.

Competition experience, past honors, personality, commercial value, ability to get along with teammates, and even nationality are all things that people need to consider.

Although he performed brilliantly at the Major in Copenhagen, it was still not enough to make those top teams abandon others and accept him.

"Let's take it one step at a time..."

After Su Zhe sighed, he opened his mobile phone and started buying high-speed rail tickets to Chengdu.

After all the trivial matters were completed, the stone in his heart slowly fell to the ground.

"system……"

As he called, a light blue interface appeared before his eyes.

[The Major event has been detected and is being evaluated based on the host's match data and team performance.]

[Competition results are the absolute standard for measuring a team's strength. The performance is rated A. Based on the host's game attitude and personal data, the evaluation is SS.]

【Comprehensive evaluation result: S grade】

[Reward: Random S-level reward]

"Oh? There's an S-rank!"

Su Zhe was a little surprised when he saw the final comprehensive evaluation. He thought that he could only get an S-level evaluation if he led the team into the legendary group.

He then looked down.

【Random rewards are being given.】

[Reward: Emotion Master]

[Emotion Master: When participating in offline competitions, gain different attribute enhancements through emotional feedback given to the host by the live audience]

[When in a positive mood, marksmanship, positioning, and gun control attributes gain a 1% to 10% bonus]

[When in negative emotions, physical skills, awareness, and reaction attributes gain a 1% to 10% bonus]

"Sigh~"

Su Zhe was a little shocked after carefully reading the skill introduction of [Emotion Master].

"With a 10% bonus, my 90 attribute points can reach 99. Isn't that a bit too incredible?"

“But there are many restrictions. We need offline competitions and we need audience feedback.”

You have to know that he stayed in NIP for several months and only played one offline game in total. As for judging the degree of emotional feedback, he has no idea.

"Fuck, it's just like the YYS game I played a few years ago. The skill entries are getting more and more complicated. I'm afraid I won't be able to understand them after a while."

Su Zhe had some complaints in his heart, but he still had a smile on his face. If the restrictions were ignored, the upper limit of this skill was really high.

【ding~】

[New mission: IEM Chengdu is about to arrive. Please help the team achieve excellent results as much as possible.]

[After the game, the host's performance will be evaluated and a random reward will be given (the upper limit of the evaluation is S level, and the lower limit is D level)]

Looking at the new tasks in the system, Su Zhe looked at his attribute panel with a little curiosity, and found that the previous team column had indeed become G2.

"This system is too smart..."

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It has been nearly seven years since CSGO was officially launched in China in 2017.

With the popularity of anchors such as Eggplant and its special accessories trading, most game enthusiasts have become familiar with this game.

In the past few years, China has also hosted many large and small international competitions, such as the CAC series, IEM Shanghai, IEM Capital, etc.

But overall, there are still too few international competitions held in China, forcing many spectators to stay up until two or three in the morning to watch the games.

So when it was announced that the next IEM event would be held in Chengdu, countless CS:GO fans in China turned their attention here.

Even though tickets to the venue are expensive, they are still hard to come by and are sold out on the day they go on sale.

All these are enough to show how popular this IEM Chengdu event is.

With the two domestic teams, Tianlu and LVG, confirmed to participate in this event, domestic audiences are even more excited.

Of course, the most shocking news is that Su Zhe will actually replace G2's Breathing to participate in this event.

Some people were shocked when they saw this news on the HLTV official website, thinking they were seeing things. They hurried to the G2 official website to verify it, only to find that the news was indeed true.

The official website clearly states, "Due to personal matters, the team's in-game leader, Huxi, will be absent from the IEM Chengdu event. Player Arrow will replace him, with Niko serving as the team's temporary in-game leader."

Afterwards, G2 also released this news on their own social media in China, further confirming that they were not joking this time.

[Aaaaaaa! Are my two favorite contestants going to team up?!]

[Just based on this piece of news, I've already made back my 2000 yuan ticket money. I'm in tears!]

[Come on, Xiaozhe! Win your first S-League championship!]

[Niko and Xiaozhe are both slashers, so how do we adjust their positions?]

[Niko will be taking over as the leader, maybe even playing the star role? Who knows?]

[Hurry up, this damn game! I want to watch G2's game!]

【…】

G2, CSGO division club office.

Peca was also very surprised when he saw the nearly one million likes on the Chinese social platform.

As a player of the team, he only needs to focus on playing games and getting results, but as the e-sports manager of G2, he has to consider a lot more things.

In addition to ensuring the team's basic performance, we must also ensure the team's commercial value.

After all, making money is the original intention of a team, and those who create a club out of passion are ultimately a minority.

In recent years, their main focus has been to promote their own team in China, so they have official accounts operated by their own teams on certain audio and video platforms.

Although the promotion effect is good thanks to some weird activities within the team, the number of views of the released videos often exceeds one million.

But this is the first time that a video has received over one million likes and over ten million views.

He picked up the coffee cup on the table, took a sip, and then turned around in his boss chair.

Looking at the huge floor-to-ceiling windows on one side of the office, his mind began to race.

"Arrow...Chinese player..."

"Hi~"

"Lets see……"

(End of this chapter)